Garment-hanger.



A. SGHLANG. GARMENT HANGER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, 1908.

910,420. Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

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AARON SGHLANG, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Application filed April 2'7, 1908. Serial No. 429,369.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON SoHLANo, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hangers, ofwhich the following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to garment hangers, and the object thereof is toprovide an improved anti'moth or anti-insect device of this class whichmay be used in cupboards, wardrobes, closets and other places, and whichcomprises a receptacle of novel form provided with a hook or similardevice for suspending garments or other articles therefrom, and which isadapted to be secured to a wall of a cupboard, wardrobe, closet orsimilar receptacle, or to a support therein and to be filled withcamphor balls or other material designed to destroy moths and otherinsects, and the walls of which are perforated; and with this and otherobjects in view the invention consists in a device of the classspecified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsofmy improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in eachof the views, and in which;

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved garment hanger and showing thesame secured to a Wall, Fig. 2 a section on the line 2 -2 of Fig. 1, and;Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing a modification.

1n the practice of my invention as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I provide asubstantially semi-spherical receptacle a composed of an outer part aand back part a and said receptacle is provided, in the form ofconstruction shown, with a flange or rim a by which it may be secured toa wall or other support, or in a wardrobe or other storage place.

Formed in the front part a, of the receptacle near its periphery is anopening I) through which moth balls 0 or balls of similar material maybe passed, and the front part of the receptacle is also provided withperforations (Z of any preferred size, and any desired number of whichmay be employed, said perforations being much smaller than the balls 0.The part a of the receptacle is also provided preferably centrallythereof with a hook e from which garments or other articles may besuspended, and when constructed in this manner the receptacle will serveas a garment hanger as will be readily understood.

My invention is not limited to the flange a whereby the receptacle maybe secured to a wall or other support, and said receptacle may besecured to or suspended from any suitable support in any desired manner.

The construction shown in Fig. 3 is the same as that shown in Fig. 2except that the back part a is omitted, and when this form ofconstruction is employed the device must be secured to a wall or othersupport, and the balls 0 are placed therein after the said device is sosecured in position. With either of the forms of construction shown there ceptacle is secured to a support, or suspended therefrom so that thelarge aperture 1) will be at the top thereof.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A garment hanger comprising a substantially semi-spherical receptacleprovided with a suspending hook, the convex part of the receptacle beingprovided with perforations and adjacent to the periphery thereof with alarge opening through which moth balls or similar material may bepassed, said receptacle being also provided with means for securing itto a support.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 25th day of April1908.

AARON SCHLANG.

Witnesses:

O. E. MULREANY, M. E. DOODY.

